Voter Registration Group ACORN Long a Target of GOP Operatives »
Posted By jovial 9 months ago in Political NewsFor the past several weeks, Republican operatives have been stepping up their efforts in critical swing states claiming voter registration groups have been engaged in a massive voter fraud effort in an attempt to influence the outcome of November\'s presidential election.
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Grew up In Brooklyn. Joined the Navy in 1976 stayed in 10 years. Aircraft Electronics tech. Worked for Major Govt. contractor then settled in California ...
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jovial8 months, 4 weeks ago
I know hyper. There is an attack on the voters of this country and people just aren't saying anything about it. The Republicans are losing and they have started to attack the voters. This is a coup de'tat on our Democracy. People seem to feel that the latest Palin story is more important this is really sad.
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Klarissa8 months, 4 weeks ago
I read the article, and no where does he actually say that ACORN has not committed fraudulent voting registrations.
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It was bits and pieces that didn't tie together.
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FSU92grad8 months, 4 weeks ago
"This is an important story which deserves a lot more visibility."
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Important to who ? It's crap...If this pans out to be true and the ties to Obama come out, which it will, You guys will be scratchin' your head in November wondering what the hell happened...
$800,000 has gone to ACORN from Obama's campaign...to help in this so-called "education" and "registration" drives....Stanley Kurtz has written brilliantly on this issue and explain's Obama's attempt of social engineering our markets....
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capecoralM8 months, 4 weeks ago
McCaskill's ACORN Friends Submit 1,492 Bogus Voter Cards
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McCaskill Campaign Implicated in ACORN Voter Fraud Scandal
ACORN Strikes Again... In Washington State
Missouri ACORN Workers Indicted, 35,000 Questionable Forms!
ACORN Workers Get Confused, Picket Mayor's Parents Home
ACORN Defendants Plead Guilty to Voter-Registration Fraud
ACORN Defendants sentenced in largest voter Fraud Case in Washington State History
ACORN Under Investigation in Michigan for voter fraud 1000's of fradulant registrations uncovered
ACORN under Investigation in Ohio for Fraudulent voter Registration
ACORN under investigation in Nevada for Fraudulent voter Registration (Dalls Cowboys roster submitted)
ACORN under investigation in Wisconsin for Fraudulent voter Registration
ACORN under investigation in Colorado for Fraudulent voter Registration
ACORN under investigation in Florida for Fraudulent voter Registration
ACORN under investigation in Illinois for Fraudulent voter Registration
ACORN under investigation in Missouri for Fraudulent voter Registration
ACORN Members convicted of voter fraud in Missouri
ACORN charged with voter fraud
It goes on and on and you say it is a republican thing.
It goes much much deeper and wider. The Democrat(ic) backed ACORN played a major role in causing the current financial crisis.
A report from the free-market Consumers Rights League charges that ACORN misused housing funds and encouraged banks through the Community Reinvestment Act to make risky loans to borrowers with bad credit, causing the current financial credit crisis.
Now we understand what a "Community Organizer" like Obama does for a living. -
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Endoscopy8 months, 4 weeks ago
The voting registration illegalities are just the tip of the iceberg as far as ACORN goes. The foundations that Obama and Ayres served on funneled money to ACORN among other very left wing groups. ACORN is part and parcel of our financial mess we are in now. Stanley Kurtz who has been digging into the Chicago Annenberg Challenge papers has published what has been uncovered and led to other findings.
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Obama trained the leadership of ACORN. What did ACORN do in the finance area? They pressured banks to make bad loans under CRA. They filed complaints, flooded the banks with disreputable people driving away customers, picked the banks and homes of their officers. This from news paper stories at that time. When the banks eventually told ACORN that they could not make any more of those loans because Fannie and Freddy would not accept the loans with only a 5% down payment. ACORN then turned into a lobbying organization and started pushing for reform of the rules that Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac had as far as the rules of the loans. Democrats were friendly to the idea but it was not until Clinton took office that things started to be worked on in congress. By 1995 the laws were in place. Coincidentally that is the year that the CRA upgrades were put into effect.
What this means is that Obama was a behind the scenes player in part of creating the financial mess that we now enjoy. Obama was ACORNS lawyer and staff trainer. He fought some of their legal battles to implement this policy.
Much more details in the writings of Stanley Kurtz.
http://www.eppc.org/scholars/scholarID.81,type.1/p...
I bet that the liberals will rant a lot about this post. They will go ballistic. Obama and ACORN helped actively create the mess we are in. They will say it is a lie. The problem is facts are facts. What Stanley Kurtz wrote is mostly reporting of facts. Poor libs. -
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Wolfie20078 months, 4 weeks ago
Here's a link, that connects Obama as ACORN's lawyer. Obama help ACORN sue banks to force them to make bad loans.
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http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/10/09/obama-su... -
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Wolfie20078 months, 4 weeks ago
Here where you read about Obama's membership with the Socialist party.
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http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/10/09/will-msm...
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AntiNeoCon8 months, 4 weeks ago
It wouldn't surprise me if the republicans posing as ACORN reps are going around handing out phony registrations for propaganda purposes. Politics is a nasty game. They are good at being nasty, especially when you they are running far behind in the polls.
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Goppy8 months, 4 weeks ago
Republicans have organized around the issue of limiting voter turnout as a key tactic ... or should I say strategy?
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They do it like this ... "Democrats are 'gaming the system' ... therefore, we need to raise the threshold needed to vote in elections - restrict more citizens."
This ipso facto method is a favorite. And it's so easy. Make a spurious, unfounded charge ... then institute a heavy handed reaction.
This is how they were able to launch Propaganda Media like FOX and SBC ... and all those Right Wing Talk Radio Dis-Info-Tainers.
They 'worked it' for years and years that Mainstream Media was 'Liberal' ... in other words ... they INVENTED Left Wing Bias to INSTITUTIONALIZE Right Wing Bias.
Now ... they INVENT the issue of Voter Fraud ... to STEAL VOTING Rights from Americans.
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Just as an addendum ... this ideological effort was met with scorn ... even from the Right Wing Supreme Court.
Albierto Gonzalez tried to make a case for Voter Fraud ... he scoured the nation ... and all he came up with was a couple of cases where some old ladies with Alzheimers voted twice.
Like I said ... he was laughed out of the Supreme Court.
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cushi8 months, 4 weeks ago
Now you've hit on my theory. I don't put ANYTHING past those criminals and thieves! Every time something smells rotten, they're involved.
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Mutainia8 months, 4 weeks ago
LONG target of GOP operatives? Gad, I didn't hear about ACORN and Obama being a part of this devastingly corrupt scam until about four DAYS ago! IF the GOP has been targetting ACORN, they sure hid it from us all for the longest of time.
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hyperbola8 months, 4 weeks ago
Well yes Mutainia, the GOP does not want to call too much attention to their attempts to prevent americans from voting.
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jordan118 months, 4 weeks ago
There has been NO evidence found of voter fraud. And if there were, I wouldn't believe for a minute that it wasn't CONS doing the registrations forms, then running out the door to report it. Why do I say that? Because CONS have been engaging in CAGING (which isn't voter fraud, but election fraud!) And there has been MORE than enough evidence to indict people over it, including Florida officials! So why has nothing been done? Because the department of justice has been corrupted with CON appointments! Millions of us know this. Why don't you? This ACORN nonsense is a deflection to steal another election!
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http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/330/
As an American, YOU are obliged to educate yourself, and you won't do that watching a corrupted media for a few minutes after work every night. Do you know that Obama is suing the GOP for caging as I type this? I'll bet you don't. Go look it up! -
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tchef8 months, 4 weeks ago
I've been seeing stuff on this for weeks. It was also quite prevalent in the last election.
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bruhaha8 months, 4 weeks ago
The GOP through a temper tantrum about ACORN in 2004. I believe one of the fired US Attorney's was fired because he wouldn't bring bogus charges against ACORN. A US Attorney in Missouri brought, against standard operating procedures, charges against 4 ACORN members right before the 2004 or 2006 election in order to try to influence the election.
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I highly doubt you haven't heard of them.....I think you're just "playing" dumb
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jordan118 months, 4 weeks ago
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/330/
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The corrupt department of justice has ignored voter caging in 2000 and 2004. When they were implored by Senators in 2004 to DO something, they instead turned to individual voter fraud, coming up with nothing. And of course the voter fraud was targeted at democrats. Caging is ELECTION FRAUD, and disenfranchises thousands. It's a felony and republicans have been under a court order for years not to do it..,.again. But they've done it with impunity, thanks to a justice department that works for the GOP and a corrupt media. Now once again they're deflecting to 'voter fraud' and ignoring the evidence of election fraud by republicans. Obama has filed a law suit against the GOP for it. Anyone hear about it in the MSM, more than just a little blerb? No, they haven't. But this they'll run into the ground. Our democracy is being destroyed by republicans. People had better get it through their heads, they either wake up and do something, or it's all over.
I've volunteered to help man a voting precinct, and will be keeping close tabs on how many people are asked to fill out 'interim' ballots. That's a clear indication that the person has been caged, & there is every evidence that their ballot will be tossed.
Surely people remember in 2004 that CNN got a court order to view a 'suspect' list compiled by Florida officials, naming thousands as 'suspect'? CNN found hundreds of people on that list posted as 'felons' who had never committed a felony! Because of the media coverage, Florida said it wouldn't continue with the list. Were they investigated by the department of (in) justice? Was anyone indicted for caging which is a felony? HELL NO! -
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beavith18 months, 4 weeks ago
the guys on Wall Street poured more into dem coffers this year.
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so. who's their friends?
presuming a dem win in November, your friends are already a liability, because that's making you in league the thief and swindler.
funny. it cuts both ways....
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Poulenc8 months, 4 weeks ago
And it gets worse:
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"Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The New York Times."
Here's the whole story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09vo...
Incredibly, this was tucked into the Times, rather than appearing on page 1, "above the fold."-
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jordan118 months, 4 weeks ago
Still, because Democrats have been more aggressive at registering new voters this year, according to state election officials, any heightened screening of new applications may affect their party’s supporters disproportionately>>>>>>
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How interesting those states would be making 'mistakes' in a year when democratic registrations are up. This isn't a mistake at all! And how can we allow elections to go forward that clearly won't reflect the will of the people????? -
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Endoscopy8 months, 4 weeks ago
Do you mean the illegal aliens, ex cons, prisoners, the entire football team from a different state, etc. These are some of the ones that ACORN has been signing up. This is old Democrat in Chicago stuff. The graves empty and vote on election day. Voter fraud and listen to the liberals cry now that they are being caught. Poor babies.
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Ratskii8 months, 4 weeks ago
From the NYTimes article:
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"Nevada officials said the large number of Social Security checks had resulted from county clerks entering Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers in the wrong fields before records were sent to the state. They could not estimate how many records might have been affected by the problem, but they said it was corrected several weeks ago."
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jovial8 months, 4 weeks ago
It's a Coup de'tat on the Democracy in this country. They are actively going after the voters in this country to influence the election. We as a people need to stand up now or forever lose the only power we as American citizens have left. If we lose the power of the vote, all bets are off! Justices that refused to prosecute Acorn employees were ousted by this administration. There is concerted effort by the GOP in this country to win the election in November by "hook or by crook".
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The Brad Blog is a good source of inforamtion on these voting issues.
http://www.bradblog.com/
Here's another good link to follow..
http://www.velvetrevolution.us/-
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Endoscopy8 months, 4 weeks ago
And Bush is not going to allow the election and his brown shirts are coming for you tomarow.
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You people never see the things that liberals do wrong. Something happens to a liberal with an Obama sticker on the door and its big news. Cars with McCain stickers on get keyed, tires slashed etc. and it is just ignored.ACORN is a far left wing group that Obama associated himself with. In Chicago the lawyers were trained by Obama and pushed Chicago to push harder on the CRA loans. Those loans that are part of the reason that we are in financial problems now. Then there are the voter registration drives where all sorts of people not allowed to vote are signed up. Prisoners in jail, ex cons, under age youth, etc.
Then you have the absolute nerve to say stopping this is a coup de'tat on democracy. Wrong ACORN is the coup de'tat.
Let the liberal hate speech roll.
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jovial8 months, 4 weeks ago
As you can see by the amount of negative ratings the comments are getting on this story, it's clearly evident that conservatives don't want anyone to know what they are doing. It's time to call and write our Congressmen and Senators and tell them we won't stand for this clear violation of our rights.
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ningyo8 months, 4 weeks ago
the story you didnt see in the NYT...a dem front group..is the dozens of acorn staff indicted convicted and jailed for fraud , identity theft ,election tampering ,assault ,bribery..you name it ..they've done it..and its not just hearsay..right here in my own little pa town they sent a few of these acorns away for 3-5..this was local news..not swift boating..and this is obama's long time associates and pals along with bill ayers...do a little research..google acorn and indictments and you will get pages of news items reporting all this..but somehow none of it into the holy NYT..or obama's long-time connection with them
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jovial8 months, 4 weeks ago
The story you didn't see on FoxNews was that those people were turned in by ACORN. ACORN has turned in some of it's own employees for fraud. So saying that it's ACORN's fault is BS. The GOP could be found guilty of all those crimes you just mentioned and quite a few more.
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tchef8 months, 4 weeks ago
There has been a few that have been indicted for crimes usually having to do with schemes to get them monetary gain. Not voter fraud. You can find these bad apples in almost any organization.
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ningyo8 months, 4 weeks ago
and here's another little co-incedence that the osamabama's wont explain..it seems that the law firm where osama and his shrew wife met also employed bernadette dorne and there began the long relationship with this known domestic domestic terrorists...who remain unapologetic about their murders and targeting of families and children..obama is a cheap thug chicago marxist pol with a con mans smile and fast talk
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ningyo8 months, 4 weeks ago
read the articles obama zombie...for years they have been convicted of one vote fraud after another..nothing to do with personal graft although personal enrichment is a big part of the obama crew.. like barry railing against corporate ceo greed while raines sits at his right hand..a man who looted fannie mae for 96 million in 3 years while cooking the books...
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jovial8 months, 4 weeks ago
You read them. It's obvious all your news comes from FoxNews anyway. The best you could possibly muster is to watch Glenn Beck.
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Poulenc8 months, 4 weeks ago
So, ninyo, I take it you're not voting for Obama. Your prerogative, of course. But you don't aid the opposition by your virulent, mendacious outbursts. Rather the opposite.
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mark-stevens8 months, 4 weeks ago
To all readers, not all Democrats are liberals. But all liberals are only a couple of steps from communism!!
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jovial8 months, 4 weeks ago
In an attempt to justify the accusations being made today a right-wing newspaper today interviewed(now get this) pizza delivery guys and they say that they were enticed into a scam for ACORN.
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ChefEOD8 months, 4 weeks ago
Multiple states have convictions of multiple ACORN employees and you folks sit here and deny it has and is happening. I may not agree with many of you on many things but I at least thought you were standing for what you think is right. This only tells me you are either all liars or you don't care about the truth, or you just don't want to know the truth. So much for the self-proclaimed champions of a better America here in Propeller.
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jovial8 months, 4 weeks ago
Pretty pompous of you to act like you have always been on the side of right. You and conservative friends have apologized, glossed over, excused GOP shennanigans time after time here on propeller. To try to show indignation at this point is laughable. ACORN at least is liable to the the justice system in this country. If they did wrong and had been convicted I would agree with you, but some people in your own party aren't liable to the justice system or even Congress. They have gotten away with much more than missing discrepancies on 50 registrations out of 100,000!
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buddhaed8 months, 4 weeks ago
I heard a rumor that GOP operatives have set up phony ACORN offices and turned in questionable applications along with legit ones. Election boards questioned the bad ones, but the numbers were enough to prompt them to negate, collectively, the good ones.
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jordan118 months, 4 weeks ago
Can they legally negate those applications? I don't see how they can. It's their job to check them all out, not throw them all out.
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purpleicon8 months, 4 weeks ago
What do you expect from from a group that allowed the 2000 election to be rigged in favor of Bush ?
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StevieGee8 months, 4 weeks ago
If the Republiks hate ACORN so much, they must be doing something good. Maybe I'll volenteer and help them out. I could register some voters.
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cowboygrandpa8 months, 4 weeks ago
You know the Republicans are running scared.
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Because they voted for the idiot in charge the last eight years, then they built him up to be the greatest leader we have had.
Then the reality hit and they are faced with the truth that the worst leader we ever had is Bush. Bush has not been a leader so much as a blood sucking, greedy, lying, stealing, self serving hypocrite.
He has brought us to new lows.
Now they have to resort to every trick they can to stop the voters from throwing the Republican party out on its as* where it belongs in the cold snow.
Voter fraud is what they put out with every fraudulent ad stating that they are for America and its citizens. Registration fraud is what they do when they claim to be Americans, when they are greedy one worlders who could care less about America as long as they make money !!!!!!
What about the hanging chads that put Bush into office in the State where his Brother was the Governor. You know Florida in 2000. Because the greedy Bastar*s needed Bush to start the war for oil.-
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Hhussk8 months, 4 weeks ago
haha, It's funny that idiots are crying about Bush, because this started in the Clinton Administration (Barney Frank and Chris Dodd). BOO HOO ::insert more democrats whining here::
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They cry about Bush being an idiot and then they nominate Obama, a total idiot.
They cry about Cheney running the White House and then their candidate nominate Biden, who says he'll have to teach Obama how to run things. Hell, EVEN Biden said Obama wasn't qualified to be President! HAW HAW HAW!
And to think Democrats are for people voting 10 to 20 times, in 10 to 20 states. EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE! PASS THE BONG!
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